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Established. J,84:2.
Clarksville, Red River County, Texras, January 23, 188(3.
New Series ISTo. ,11 Vol. 7.
county: directory-
CouutjrJudge
Sheriff
\V. E. WOOTTEM...
s. h. stilkb
A. P. C«) let
e. m. Bowers
8. VV.Hakua.n-- -
L.W. Te*L ....
K. C. Ghatm
G. L. mookKah
J. U. Johnson
County Clerk
....... District Clerk
..County Attorney
.......Assessor
Collector
TreMorei.
Surveyor.
A. M. Cross,
J M. Gdest
J. F. Hunt
josticks and constables.
J. W. Stanlet, Justice Peace, Precinct No 1
W. M. Johnson Constable, Precinct
H. V. Dodd Justice Peace, Precin it No ^
W. L. Busbakd Constable, Precinct *
W. P. Bau., Justice Peace, Preeinct No o
John Harden Constable, Precinct 3
Justice Peace Precinct No 4
Constable Piecinct " 4
„. *. Justice Peace Precinct No 5
Tox Perkimso* Coustable Precinct " ;
J. W. Baker Justice Peace Precinct No (i
a. C. Quarles Constable, Precinct " 0
P H Sentrr Justice Peace Precinct No 7
F. L. Fox Constable, Precinct " i
David Hudson, Justice Peace PrecinctNoo
a. p. Mack Constable Preeinct 4
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
jf, p. Cornelius ..Precinct No. l
John A. Franklin Precinct "
E. A. Erwin, Piecinct 5
C. F JJELiaNORR Precinct " 7
lodge directory- .
masonic.
V rieudaliti) Lodge no. 16 A. A. F. Masons, meets
ftmt Fridny night iu each month, at ClarksvUle.
Mayo James, Sec'y. t. a. Fuller, w. m.
Jack Titus Lodge no 194, meets at Coleman
Spring*, 011 the third Saturday at 10 a. m. in each
Whitmire, Sec'y. J. II. Bkaty, W. M.
italeaboroLo<lge No 381 meets at Halesbor on
Saturday night on. w before the full moon.
S. B: Bouyer. Sec'y. D. Thompson w. If.
Elkhorn Lodge No 402 meets at White Book
Church Saturday night on or before each fall
8. H. Wabd. Sec'v- J. W. Stiles, w. m.
Rosalie Lodge, No. 527, F. & A. M., meets at
Rosalie,Texas, on the 4th Saturday in each month
at 10 o'clock a. m. _ lt
L. B. Wade, Secretary. F. M. Smith, W. M.
Odd-Fellows.
Bois d'Arc Lodge no. 36 I. O. O. F., meet at
their ball in Clarksville every Tuesday night. .
W. li. Pares, B. S. S. B. Bkadbsrry, N. G
Savannah Orange Ho. 1002.
Meets at Coiman's Springs on Friday before
the 2d Saturday, and on the 4tli Saturday iu
«.tch month, at 10 o'clock a. in.
White Bock Orange, No. 730, meets on Saturday
liefore the first Sunday in each month, at 3 p.ui
*uil ou the Saturday beiore the third Sunday*!
IU a. iu.
Maliuaison Grange, No. 721,meets first and thir
ISaturd'tys iu eas h month at 2 o'clock p. iu.
J. M. SKTT1.E, Master.
J. W. Houston S*rr*t rv.
Eiiuity Cirango No. 942, lueets at liosaiie, lexa
«r CUe id aud 4th Saturdays in each mouth at 1
clock i>* 111.
v. lk>oj, Secretary. W. E. Cook, Mastei.
a. i_ aiaj.
w. j.mcdonalo.
SI MiS^fc >lcDOIN ALL),
ATXOSHSYS AT LAW.
CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS.
> .11 practice in the Courts of the dtli District
aud in the Supreme aud Federal Courts held ui
the Ate*. " ktf-
K- SHAW
CLARKSVILLE, - - - TEXAS.
no-51-tf, Office over the Post Office.
a. ii. TAYLOR.
e. s. chambers.
taylor & chambers
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
OlarliHville, Texas.
Will Ktctice iu the Courts of the Connty
(Mil et £ke£th Judicial District, also the Su-
) seme .ant (federal Courts of the State.
H. B. WRIGHT,
AT
>Glckr)tavlll0, - - - - - - Teacas
Eight Years Active Experience.
JV11 Business given Prompt and Satisfactory
Attention. no.19
K. r>. MOODY, XL. r>.
BENNETT, TEXAS.
Offers his professional services to the people
the neighborhood of Bennett. Fresh drugs
.always on band. no.4-lv
J. W. KAINEY.
3 HYSICIAN and SURGEON
clarksville texas,
•offers bis services to the public, in all hrAuclie
■of his profession.
He will be found at Goldberg's drug store, or
«t bis residence, North of the square.
Nov. 1st 1879.
GEO. F. BURDETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
E. W. RUSH, M. 1>.
Paris, "[Texas.
ti^special attention given to tlietreatmen
Xj of the diseases of the Eye, Ear, and
TbiTOf (Catarrh.)
Office hours from 7 to IO a. m
no.49-tf.
noon.
Pews of the morning have fled from the grass,
The heat of the noontide is over the world,
The feet of the hours seem slow as they pass,
The heart of the flowers are faded and soil-
ed.
The birds that at morning sang loud as they
flew,
Are silent as if the heat wearied them, too.
The sunshine is scorching, the shadows but
few.
Well, there's a noontide in every one's life.
When sunshine once golden seems but a
glare.
We long for the shelter and find but the
strife,
And heavy with thorns grows tne cross that
we bear.
Life's morning regretting, we sigh for the
night,
The dreams that shall come with the fad-
ing of light;
The sleep after labor, the rest from the fight.
—{Adelaide Moore.
Nine Tenths Bogus*
We asked an extensive and fashionable
grocer of this city a few days since what
proportion of the product sold in Chicago
as butter was buiterine. He replied with-
out hesitation: 'Nine-tenths'! Nine-tenths
of the stuff sold for butter is not butter.
We asked him if he sold it ? He replied:
Not intentionally, hut I presume I do for
it is impossible to tell it from butler un-
less one is an expert.—Western Rural.
A Look at the Bar-
Since qur last issue the soundings have
been taken to some distance beyond where
the East jetty has been completed, and
shows as far as the work has gouc an in
crease of from to 4 feet. The crest of
the bar has been moved seaward some-
thing near a mile and a bank is forming
along the line of the east jetty similar to
the banks of a river. The distance across
the southeast part of the bar has been
greatly shortened and there is greater
depth of water on it than herefore owing
to the concentrated volume of current.
These are the facts: we leave the public to
draw their own conclusions.—Sabine Pass
Times.
Neiualin-i for Rheumatic or Neuralgic pain
in the eyes, forehead, teeth, gums, limbs or
bowels. Use Xenialine. Price 50 cents.
Sample free at Will Taylor's. tf
Washington, D. C., Jan. 16.—Miss
Kate Bayard, eldest daughter of Secreta-
ry Bayard, dropped dead in her father's
parlor about 3 o clock this afternoon. Miss
Cleveland's leception at the executive
mansion was immediately stopped on the
reccipt of this sad news.
Immediately on receipt of the news at
the executive mansion of Miss Kate Bay-
ard's sudden death, arrangements were
made to close the mansion. Miss Bayard
was to have assisted Miss Cleveland, with
Miss Utley and Miss Love, in the Satur-
day afternoon reception. The three last-
named ladies were already dressed and
awaiting Miss Bayard when the announce-
ment of her death was received.
It is reported that the Roanoke Ma-
chine Works, Roanoke, Virginia,
have secured orders for sufficient woikto
justify them in enlarging their force from
300 to 800 hands at once, with the prol>
ability of having to ran their works to
the full capacity of 1200 hands.
Nenrnlgiae for Rheumatic or Neuralgic
pains in the eyes, forehead, teeth, gums,limbs
or bowels. Use Neuralgine. Price 5C cents.
Smaple free at Will Taylor's. tf
Apples.
Mr. E. H. Libby says: Apples are so
plenty in Western Massachusetts that on
a recent drive in Franklin connty we saw
hundreds of bushels of line fruit going to
waste in many orchards for want of inter-
ested hands to gather them.
Much is anticipated of the great Scotch
colony which is about to be planted in
Florida. The first division composed of
50 families, will sail from Glasgow on the
26th. These immigrants own the land to
which they are coming, and in addition,
are well supplied with money. Fully a
thousand families, in all, will come.
m
PHOTOGRAPHY-
J. K. P. HAUSER
Take* pleasure in announcing that lie now has
Gallery constructed with special regard
to the production ot artistic effects, in which
be will be enabled to produce portraits that
will compare favorably with those procured
from eity artists, and will be pleased to re-
. produce the features of all who desire to per-
. peta*te theft physiognomies. He «.11 dupli
■ «ate old pictures, enlarge them if desired, o
ny work in his line that may be called fo
He asks call and an rTpminntirn of hi
>. ork.
i HI) I VP Semi six cents for positive nn<l
' il r H tree, a box of £<mmIh which
•will help all r'tlier sex to mure
money rijjht aw#}' than any tiling eis* in this
■worm. Kortuue* await the workers absolutely
pure. At mice lulilregs True A. Co., Anyusta Me.
GENERAL AGENTS WANTED
Ol extra ability ami experleiH-e, to take general
:>lipoiutn|; agencies, to Hnil ami 8'art other e:m-
tasscrs on fa*t-«ellinf; books Extraordinary in-
«lueemeuts. Applicants must show they mean
fcusinee* by stating by letter (no postal cards) in
H'LL their experience, etc.
HENRY Bl'CKLLN & C
Second St., St. Lcoi ,
A Splendid Run.
Dr. J. C. Joyner, of Noden.i, Ark., in a let-
ter to H H & Lockert, August 16,1885, savs
"Your Tonic and Liver Pills liave a splendid
run here and on their true merit only. They
are just what are needed here at this season
of the year." tf
Chicago, Jan. 15.—The State Assem-
bly of the Knights of Labor, just clos-
ed at Decatur, resolved to boycott the
goods made by convict labor for five of
the leading Chicago boot and shoe
houses. These are M. D. Welfs, whose
wares are made at Waupen Prison,Wis.;
Seiz, Schwab & Co., at Joliet; C. M.
Henderson, at the penitentiaries at Jef-
ferson City, Mo. and Alleghany City,
Pa.; C. H. Fargo, at Ionia and Jackson,
Mich., and Phelps, Dodge & Palmer in
Michigan City prisons. Without ex-
ception the firms expressed indifference
to the action of the Knights, and
thought the boycott would be more
beneficial than otherwise.
«
Ask Will Tnylor for a trial liottle free of
Hill & liOckert's Compound Licorice Cough
Syrup. It is pleasant to take and relieves
immediately. One dose will convince you
tbat it is the best remedy in existence for
Conghs, Sore Throat, Croup, 9tc. Atrial bot-
ie fiee at your druggist's. Large liottle 50
tent 8. * tf
Forty-three years ago Marcus Hope was
suspected of stealing $30 from his employer,
a fanner namcH Gfonor, of fionesdale,
I'a. The young lady Hope was engaged
to jilted him, and he left and was never
heard of after. The girl married Groner's
son. Horace Cable, an orphan, lived with
Groner, but he was never suspected. One
day last week a letter was received by
Farmer Groner's son. It was addressed
to his father, who died some years ago. It
was signed by Horace Cable, and contained
a check on a hank in a town tn Illinois for
$IO0.6O. The writer said he bad stolen
Groner's money forty-tnrec years ago, and
had never boon able to repay it. The
check was for the njisaing money vith in-
terest.
j band had received work were constantly
— (growing as the time went by and he dii
A small, thin, hungry looking man ap- not come home. Between 2 and 3 o'cloc!
not go to des-
parently abont thirty-five years of age,
Stepping up to the toll-box*of the bridge
promenade yesterday, laid down a cop-
walk towards
rooklyn in a listless manner. He was
dressed scantily, and the cold wind which
whistled about the towers caused him to
shiver as if nearly frozen. Now and then
he would halt, lean over the railing and
look intently into the water below. His
actions appeared suspicious to the officers
stationed along the promenade and he
was closely watched.
When he reached the central span, very
near the place from which Odium made
his fatal leap last summer, be halted again
and before the officers who were wacning
could prevent him, he had leaped over
the railing and was climbing down to the
road-way. He had reached the railroad
and was about to push his way under the
iron works when Francis Ryan, of No.96
York street, Brooklyn, caught him by the
collar and pulled him back over the rail-
ing to the roadway, when Bridge police-
man Brett arrived and took the man to
the Bridge Police Station.
There he gave his name as David Gin-
den, of No. 151 Attorney street, where he
has a wife and four children, the eldest is
ti years of age and the youngest 8 months.
Ginden declared that for two months he
had been unable to secuie employment and
his family is starving.
"I trusted," said he to Capt. Ward,
"that by taking my own life my family
might be benefitted. I wish I had not
been prevented. It would have been bet-
ter in the end, not only for myself but for
my family."
When searched nothing was found bnt
a notice from Cushland Lodge, No. 50,
I. O. S. B., Showing that he was $9.75
in arrears. There was also a letter in He-
brew, of which the following is a trans-
lation :
My Deak Wife : I beg your pardon
for the bad deed I am going to do. I am
going to drown myself in the East river.
I cannot stand it any longer. You know
very well how I have tried to make a 1 iv-
ing. I am going to seek a grave in the
East river. 1 have been trying in vain to
procure work. All the gates or doors of
help are closed on me. I cannot keep up
my courage any longer and I must put an
end to my life. I hope the Lord will per-
mit this deed aud take care of the four
innocent souls, because I believe as long
as I live I will make 3 011 unhappy, and
you will have to suffer hunger and cold,
and if I will not be any more in this world
somebody will take care of you; at
least you will not be without a piece of
dry bread, and perhaps you will obtain
some clothing. You will
traction. My blood congeals at
you go naked and I unable to help you]
I had some hopes of obtaining work to-
day, but I have been disappointed, and
so I am obliged to seek a grave in the
East river. I hope thatnolxxly will frus-
trate my plans, for in that place I am lost
to this world; on the contrary, worse.
And, my dear wife, don't grieve for me,
for it would not do you any good, and if
I am not home by <1 o'clock to-night rest
assured I am not alive.
You will try to get the children to the
orphan asylum; there they will receive a
great deal better education than with you,
and you can earn your piece of bread a
great deal easier. My heart bleeds to
owe so much money at the lodge; oilier-
wise you would get some assistance. If
my liody should be recovered try to have
it interred at the Jewish cemetery.
Wishing you health and praying to^kiss
the children for me, I remain your loving
husband. David Ginden.
□ Ginden was arraigned before Justice
Walsli in the afternoon on a charge of
having attempted to commit suicide. He
pleaded not guilty and said that he had
come to this country three years since.
He is a clothes-presser by trade. Justice
Walsh provided him with a meal and then
sent him to the Raymond Street Jail.
His examination will take place Monday.
Ginden, it was ascertained, has been
living for a few months past with his wife
sni tour ehildren on the top floor of one
of the rear buildings at No. 151 Attorney
street. Since he has been thrown out of
employment he has gradually become des-
pondent and the trifle he had been able to
save rapidly disappeared. He was oblig-
ed to leave his former tenement-house
quarters, owing to his inability to pay the
rent and was forced to seek a new
placc. He secured sufficient money to
pay for his bare rooms for a week, but
could not get any 11101 e money to procure
food for his children.
Day after day he has tramped around
the city trying to find something to do,
but his efforts met with the same blank
refusal everywhere. The man had plenty
of friends and neighbors to vouch for his
good conduct, but his poor knowledge of
the English language proved a great dis-
advantage. Tuesday the last bit of food
in the house was eaten, and he knew of
no way of getting more. The trades-
people of the neighborhood did not know
him, and he could not expect to get any
credit from them. As he left home yes-
terday morning he told his wife be was
bound to get something to do betore he
came home.
'•I will not coine home in the middle of
the day as usual," said he, "it does me
no good to come as we have nothing to
eat, and if only makes me feel miserable
to see the children crying with hunger."
He lifted his six-year-old son in his
arms and petted him for some minutes,
then Harry, three years old,and Joe,aged
two, were taken up on his knees and
kissed fervently. As his wife walked to
the door with her eleven-weeks-old child
in her arms to bid her husband "good-
! luck" and to keep the tloor open so that
I he could see the dark steps, the man bent
j over the infant and let a tear fall upon its
I face. A soothing word from his wife on-
| iy made matters worse, his tears fell faster
i and he was obliged to return to the cold
room to compose himself before going.
A few hours later Mrs. Ginden was sjt-_„,
ting in the rocking chair by the side <4feoffes, saltea limes and spices.
the cold stove. She had just succeededl m , m
in appeasing the baby, which had been! Ayer's Pills are the best of all purgatives
moaning for the nourishment it could not for family use. They are pleasant, safe
get. and the other children had cried them-' and sure, and excel all other pills in heal-
selves to sleep. Her hopes that her hus- ing and curative power.
in the afternoon she heard some one
stumbling up the stairs. Knowing that
tho step was not that of her husband, shfe
continued rocking, when she w:is startled
by a loud knock at her door. She jump-
ed up and opened it, and a man entered;
but, unable to make the woman under-
stand what he wanted, a neighbor was
brought in, and through her the stranger
told her what her husband had attempted
to do and then handed her §12.50 which
had been subscribed by the officers of the
Brooklyn Court.—N. Y. World.
Let Whhkej Alone.
The Labor Herald, of Richmond, Va.,
copies the following from the Scdalia
Union:
Brothers, we are not prohibitionists, nor
have we any fight to make on the
saloons. But we have a few words of ad-
vice to offer to those with whom we clasp
hands in the sanctuary: Dou't drink;
avoid the saloon. Spend your evenings at
the Assembly hall or in the quiet seclusion
of your home, improving your mind and
thoroughly posting yourself on the topics
of the times. Your money belongs to your
wife and children, not to licensed venders
of fiery fluids, that destroys the mind and
damns the soul. Whiskey drinking will
ruin the brightest intellect in the land,
when once the appetite gains possession.
Brothers, don't drink whiskey. It3 touch
is poisonous, its sting is death. Many a
brawny-framed, noble-hearted workman
has surrendered his manhood to its subtile
charms, and gone down to an unhonored
grave, leaving behind him an estate of want
and wretchedness to his unfortunate fami-
ly.
Taking into consideration the wages paid
to toilers no man can ajford to squander
even a portion of his weekly stipend for in-
toxicating liquors. If he does he steah
the roses from the fond wife's cheeks and
robs the prattling innocent babes of the lux-
uries that are theirs by right divine.
Workmen cannot afford to waste all
their time in saloons, and above all they
should refrain from spending the fruits of
their hard-earned labor for something which
never coufered a favor on mankind.
Strong drink unfits a man for business,
robs him of his health, destroys his morals
and beggars his family ; and for these very
reasons he shoald avoid the glass as he does
the coded rattlesnake in his pathway.
Uriah Stephens, the sainted founder of
the Order of Knights of Labor, never tast
ed liquor of any kind. He believed it a
duty which woi l;ing men owed to their
country to avoid the use of whiskey, and
his voice was always heard interceding with
bis fellow-toilers to avoid the temptation of
dram shops, and place their money where il
would piove a blessing instead of a curse
to their families.
The man upon whose shoulders the man-
tel of Stevens appropriately fell, the calm,
thoughful, great-hearted Terrmce V. Pow-
derly, is a temperance man, and those of
the Order who have listened to his eloquent
appeals in the cause of temperance will
agree with us when we say that it is our
duty as Knights to lead' sober, industrious
lives, instead of wasting our time, talents
and money in vicious and debasing carous-
als.
Too long already haye the American
workingmen endured the taunts, jibes and
opprobrious epithets flung in their face on
this vice of drinking. Let us show the
whole horde of monopolists and their para-
sites that workingmen are not drunkards;
let us jam the dirty lie down their throats,
if necessary.
No, do not say we are interfering with
"personal linerty," for we are not. The
"personal liberty" that takes a man's mon-
ey, and causes him to wear ragged clothes
and starve his family is a thief, and de-
serves to be incarcerated in the penitent ia-
ry. _
YV orkingmcn, don't drink whisky.
Leave that luxury to the rich drones and
idler3 who have nothing else to do, and
can be spared even if they do land in hell.
What is French iJraudy?
M. Girard, chief of tha Municipal Labor-
atory of Paris, puts French brandy under
a serious cloud. He declares that almost
no genuine brandy is now manufactured in
France. From 1840 to 1850 about 25,000,-
000 gallons were made annually, and fully
seven-eighths of it came from grapes At
present more than 50,000,000 gallons are
yearly turned out, but not one per cent of
it is from the grape; grain, cider, beets,
potatoes, etc., forming its principal sources.
"The spirits thus obtained," says M. Gir-
ard, "would be fairly wholesome if they
were properly rectified. But they are not.''
Invariably when put upon the market they
are charged with acids, ethers and essential
oils of the most deadly nature. To the
consumption of suoh stuff, instead of the
pure grape brandy of former years, M.
Girard attributes the startling inorease of
violent insanity and other maladies in
France, in which he is probably correct.—
[Exchange.
This analysis is not encouraging to those
who would use French brandy as a drink or
for medicinal effect.
Nantucket, Jan. 12.—At daybreak yes-
terday a large three-masted schooner was
reported stranded on the south shore. The
vessel seeiued waterlogged, her boat was
gone, and her crew were in the rigging un-
able to help themselves.
A liue was thrown by the life-saving
crew, and a hawser was attached to the
shore end, but the line parted under the
strain and went overboard, taking with it
one of the crew, who perished
A second line was shot over, hut also
parted. A third ball was then shot over
the vessel, and again parted. At this point
two of the men fell from the rigging and
were drowned. One of them proving to be
the master, his body coming ashore later.
Once more the howitzer was tried, and
successfully. By means of the line a haw-
ser and breeches buoy were got aboard,and
two men—the sole survivors of nine—were
pulled ashore. One was the chief mate
and the other Charles VYhiff, of Boston,
who reported that the mate's wife and son
were drowned in the cabin. The vessel
was the T. B. Wetherspoon of Rockland,
Me., Captain Alfred A. Andeason, from
.Surinam for Boston, with molasses, sugar
The Pirates Gold-
[Special Correspondence of the Daily States.]
Gkarville, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1885.
Leaving Middletown Springs by stage,
over a good road, with fine sleighing, I
arrived at Poultney, and took train for
this place. Granville is a pretty little
place, situated in the best farming sec-
tion of Washington county, and is one
of the most wealthy towns in this part
of the State. Situated on the old stage
road from Whitehall to Troy, some ten
miles from the former, and fifty from
the latter place, this was a village of im-
portance long before the advent of rail-
roads in this locality, and since I have
reverted to that time which the old citizen
will now and then recall as "those gold
days," I will mention an incident which
once occurred here, and give a true his-
tory of what followed, and was related
to me by a reliable gentleman of the
place.
In the afternoon of a hot day, late in
July, 1832, the old stage coach, drawn
by four horses, covered with sweat and
dust, arrived from Troy, and halted in
front of the old tavern house where a
change of horses was awaiting its arri-
val. A crowd of men and boys, village
loungers, congregated around the vehi-
cle, when the driver informed the land-
lord he had a sick passenger, aboard,
who was unable to proceed further on
his journey, and desired to stop with
him and receive medical attention.
"He hain't got the cholera, has he?"
asked the landlord, suspiciously.
"No," replied the driver. "He's an
old man, and has rid so far, he's tired
out and used up, that's all; he needs
rest, and he's got plenty of money to
pay his way."
Thus assured, the landlord bustled
around, and with the driver assisted the
sick passenger to alight, and supporting
him into the house, he was assigned a
comfortable room, and the village phy-
sician was sent for. In the meantime,
the stage rolled out over the dusty road
towards Whitehall. The loungers dis-
persed, and all was again quiet in the
ittle village. The doctor pronounced
his patient ''a very sick man," ex-
pressing grave doubts of his recovery,
and requested that some attendant be
furnished immediately to wait on him.
Among the loungers of the village was
a man by the name of Myrick, who,
though reputed good for nothing else,
was considered a tolerable nurse, and
to him was given in charge the sick
stranger.
It was some time past midnight when
the invalid called the nurse to his bed-
side, and saiu: "My good man, I must
soon die, but before I go, I wish to im-
part a secret to you. Bring your chair
up to tho bed, an d be seated. My sto-
ry is a long one, but I hope I may have
time to tell it before I die."
The nurse obeyed, and the old man
proceeded:
"You will perceive by my diatect that
I am a foreigner. I am a native of
France. When a mere boy, I ran away
from home, and went to sea. On my
second voyage we were captured by pi-
rates. After robbing our vessel -for
we had a large amount ot specie aboard
—they forced our officers and crew to
walk the plank, and the cruel waves
closed over them. 1 was the only one
spared, and soon became a favorite
among them. The following summer a
British man-of-war chased us into the
mouth of the St. Lawrence river, and
up that stream to the mouth of the Sor-
rel, where we were compelled to aban-
don our vessel, and resort to our small
boats to escape our pursuers. Having
transferred our treasure to our boats,
we entered the Sorrel during the night,
and, after many weary days, succeeded
in ascending it to Lake Champlain.
"Passing up the lake, and when in the
Narrows, a party of Indians attacked
us, killing several of our crew and
wounding others. Wc eluded their pu-
suit during the night, and entered bouth
Bay, near what is now Whitehall.
There, anions the rocks of the eastern
shore, we found a cave, into which we
put our gold, and there was a large
amount ot it. One of our wounded
companions died there, and we laid his
body down beside the treasure, to
watch it until our return, and well has
he done his duty, for none have ever,
or will ever return. They are all dead but
me, and I shall never see the sun rise
again. Having got everything secure,
we set to work and blocked up the en-
trance of the cave with nicely-fitting
stone, and filled the joints with growing
moss, and set out wild vines beneath to
grow and cover up our work. Directlv
in front of the cave was a large red ce-
dar tree, and from this we took bearings
of different objects across and up tne
bay, and made a map of the placc, so
we could uot fail to find it if we should
ever return. That night, after having
removed all traces of our visit, we sail-
ed to the upper end of the bay, where
we burned our boats, and went across
the country on foot to the Hudson riv-
er, and followed that stream down to
Albany and New York. There our cap-
tain soon got another vessel, and took
his crew aboard, when we again turned
pirates. But my story is too long, and
I am growing weak. One after another
of my companions were killed in battle,
until all of our former crew but myself
were-dead, and I was master of a vessel,
the most noted pirate of them all.
Governments offered rewards for me,
and tried to hunt me down, but I knew
my haunts too well, and always escap-
ed them. Some years ago an amnesty
was granted me and my followers, by
your government, and since then I have
led a reformed and secluded life on a
foreign shore, where by my benevolence
under an assumed name, I have endeav-
ored to make some amends for the many
wrongs I have committed. My fortune
being pretty well exhausted, I deter-
mined to visit the cave on South Bay,
get that money, and use it for charita-
ble objects. But my mission must end
here. I never shall go further. You
have been kind to me to-night, and it
may do you some good. Hand me my
valise. Now take the key from my vest
pocket and open it. There in that
pocket you will find a roll of parch-
ment. That is a map ot a portion of
South Bay, and the location of the cave.
Take it; it is yours, and may it do you
good. That purse contains gold enough
to pay the landlord for the trouble I
have put him to, as well as to pay my
burial expenses. Get me a plain coffin.
I want no priest and no parade. Pat
the parchment in your pocket and pack
my valise, and after all my expenses are
paid you may have the balance. You
need not ask my name. I have no
friends to mourn my death. Go now,
and call the landlord. My race is near-
ly run."
Myrick obeyed, but when he returned
the stranger was dead.
Myrick kept his secret for some years,
and the circumstance of the stranger's
death was almost forgotten, when Amos
Young, the father-in-law of Myrick,
happened to spend the night at his
house.
Mr. Young was a well-to-do farmer,
and lived 111 an adjoining town, while
Myrick's wife was his only daughter,
and it was said, were it not for Mr.
Young, the family would often suffer
for the necessities of life, so shiftloss
and improvident was Myrick. Be that
as it may, on this occasion Myrick dis-
closed his secret to Mr. Young, and
there and then they formed a syndicate
to discover and explore the hidden mj's-
terics of the cave, and to share alike in
the treasure therein concealed, while
Mr. \oung was to furnish money for
the outfit, and bear all expenses in the
undertaking.
A short time after, Mr. Young, ac-
companied by Mr. Myrick and his son—
a boy some ten or twelve years of age—
went to Whitehall, rented a small sail-
boat for a week, under pretence of go-
ing upon a fishing excursion, and after
laying in a supply of provisions, a com-
pass, axe, pick, iron bar, and sundry
other utensils, sailed down the lake,
bound for South Bay. They encamped
for the night on the east side of the bay,
and near a steep, rocky point, which
juts into the water some three miles
from the lake, and opposite a deep rav-
ine, both of which they found laid down
111 their parchment chart. Here they
established their camp, and cooked
their supper, and laid down upon their
bed of boughs to talk fiver the fortune
wh'.ch they felt confident was almost
within their grasp. It was a wild place,
aud as the smoke of their camp tire as-
cended among the dark boughs of the
forest trees, and the blaze cast their
black shadows far out over the water,
like grim phantoms of another world,
the poor boy shuddered with fear at the
weird scene, and nestled closer to his
father as he recounted again the story
of the dead pirate, and the ghostly-
corpse so long guarding the money
within the cave. Next morning the lit-
tle camp was early astir, while the little
boy had so far forgotten his horrors of
the preceding night as to partake of a
hearty breakfast. All that day was con-
sumed in taking bearings, in order to
locate the cedar tree which stood in
front of the cave, but which now had
evidently disappeared, and it was again
night. The boy shuddered at the
thought of spending another night in
those dreary solitudes. His grandfa
ther had taken the axe, mounted the
trunk of an old prostrate tree, and com-
menced to chop wood for theii camp
fire. He had struck two or three blows,
when he made the joyful discovery that
the tree was red cedar. It was the key
to the cave. Myrick came forward with
his pick and, going to the but of the old
trunk, soon found the roots from which
it had broken off. That night they
were all too much excited to sleep, but
sat by their fire waiting and watching
for morning. It camc, and with its
early light those two anxious men work
ed with pick and bar, and by noon had
succceded in opening a small hole
through the rocky wall into the cave.
They had labored diligently, but so nice-
ly fitted were the pieces, and so strong
were they put together, it seemed al-
most impossible to remove them, ex-
cept by pulverizing them with their
tools. The sun had disappeared behind
the Western mountain, and its cold
shadow fell dark across the bay, when
the two men had pierced an opening
sufficiently large to admit the boy'e
body through it. Procuring a torch.
Myrick handed it to his boy, and lifted
him up and through the hole, casing
him down on the inside. "Look around
you good, my son," he said, "and see if
you see anything." The boy turned the
light toward the ccntie of the cavern,
gave a horrible scream, dropped the
torch, and clung to the edge of the
opening with his hands. They lifted
him out. lie had fainted, and was now
unconscious. Gradually he came to.
but as he opened his eyes, he cried the
old man ! the old man !
Fear was depicted upon his counte-
nance, and he trembled from head to
foot. It was soon decided that to send
the boy in again would produce dangerous
results, so completely had fear taken
possession of him, and they concluded
to cover up the traces of their work for
the time, and return to Whitehall for
drills and powder with which to enlarge
the opening sufficiently to admit a man.
Accordingly, they cut some boughs and
concealed the place from view, then
broke camp and sailed away from that
desolate locality. On their arrival at
Whitehall, Myrick decided to return
home with his son, and it was agreed
the two men should meet six days later,
well prepared to prosecute their search.
On the appointed day they again left
immediately-to the cave and secured Hm
treasure. Myrick has been dead some
years, but Mr. Young is still living, and
yet insists his son-in-law got the money.
Who the old pirate was who died here
so suddenly no one will ever know, but
from his history as given by Myrick
many have surmised he was Lafitte, the
pirate of the Gulf, since the athenticity
of his life as published subsequent to
the battle of .New Orleans, elso his
death, is questionable and clouded in
mystery.
The place on South Bay is visited by
the curious yearly, and has become
famous as the "Pirates' Cave."
Granville is largely interested in the
slate business, and some of the finest
narries in the world are located here
ted slate is produced here in great,
abundance, and brings a higher price in
market than any otuer quality. This
industry has sprung up here within a
few years, and bids fair to increase
yearly, while its supply is inexhausti-
ble. A large ^hirt manufactory is also
established here, and business of all
kinds is flourishing. Good sehools' and
churches, of all denominations, are well
attended, and I know of but few pret-
tier 01* more attractive villages than
this.
Our Christmas was a merry one, but
attended with less fireworks than is cus-
tomary in the South. The weather con-
tinues cold, with but little snow.
Pat.
Gov- Trifle's Estimate of the Apaches-
The report of the affairs of Arizona Ter-
ritory for the year 1885 to the Secretary of
the Interior has been placed in our hands,
by the courtesy of his Excellency, the Gov-
ernor, F. A. Tritle. Therein Gov. Trhle
reviews the progress and development of
Arizona, and makes suggestions on subjects
of interest to the Territory for the consid-
eration and action of Congress. From the
report we learn that the advancement of all
her material interests has been gratifying
in a high degree, with the single exception
of the shock to industry in the south caus-
ed by the disastrous outbreak of the
Apaches in May, and which still threatens
to retard prosperity in some localities for
an indefinite time.
Gov. Tritle is one of those who have nev-
er been able to discover any of the glory
aud nobility in the "Red Man," attributed
to him in the pages of Fenimore Cooper.
Naj', rather, he holds that the Indian "is
generally an inferior being, incapable of
civilization, and untamable, except by
methods impracticable and barren of
commensurate results." "Jt has taken a
great many years," he continues, "and an
extravagant expenditure of blood and
money to explore popular fallacies in ref-
erence to civilizing the Indians; and the
conclusion that is now pretty generally ac-
cepted is that the Indians, especially those
of the far West, are either diseased and fil-
thy non-producing vagabonds, or cruel and
treacherous beast3 of prey in human form,
a drawback to civilization, and a constant
menace to the lives and property of pioneer
settlers. Civilization kills, but does uot
convert them."—[Weekly States.
St. Louis, Jan. 15.—Charles W. Rflis-
beck, twenty-one years old, who is em-
ployed on the general passenger depart-
ment of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, was
at the Star Kink last night with Hugh C.
Robertson and the latter's father. Dur-
1 got into a
Webb, a yc
attorney, whom he accused of tripping
him. Webb waited outside the rink for
the Robertsons to make their appearance.
A general row ensued in which young
Raisbeck, who was merely a spectator,
was knoced down by a stone and receiv-
ed an injury to his head which brought
on his death in a few hours. Webb is
under arrest as also William Fletcher, who
is supposed to have struck Raisbeck. He
idinits having struck him, but says he hit
him with his fist and that the blow which
killed him was received in jailing to the
pavement. Fletcher is the St. Louis
representative of the lieader Glue Compa-
ny of Cincinnati.
ing the evening Robertson got into a dif-
ficulty with D. Castleman Webb, a young
' Am delighted with Tongaline: if is the
remeoy foi neuralgia." So says Waid
Howard, M. D., Boonville, Mo., and phy-
sicians generally have warmest words of
praise for this almost infallible remedy for
neuralgia, rheumatism and headache. For
ladies subject to nervous, neuralgic or sick
headache Tongaline has uo equal.
January 1st Mrs. Joseph Welch, of Bel-
vue, Kausas, presented her husband with
a remarkable Christmas present in the shape
of five babies, two boys and three girls.
Mother and children are all doing well.
Thirteen children have been born to the
lady on just three occasions. AH of theui
will be good democrats when grown.—[Ex.
My liver was so fearfully disordered and
I felt so feeble and languid that I scarcely
took interest in anything. Tried all the
so-called remedies without relief nntil I
bsed Parker's Tonic, which effected a ptr-
manen* cure. Davii> Bash,
Little Rock, Ark.
Whitehall, and arrived at the cave to
find its mouth opened by means of a
powder blast and the treasure—if any
had ever been thhere—gone. On enter-
ing the cavern, they discovered a human
skeleton lying on the ground, which
confirmed the old man's story, and ac-
counted for the fright of the boy. Some
one had evidently discovered their pro-
ceedings, and had taken advantage of
their absence to cairy off the treasure.
They left the spot, cursing the luck of
their procrastination. A short time
later Myricx purchased a fine farm,
paid 12,000 cash for it. It was the
wonder of the period where he got his
money. Mr. Young heard of it, and
sought the man who sold it, and was in-
formed that Myrick paid the entire sum
in Spanish doubloons. This explained
the mystery of the cave. He immedi-
ately instituted suit against Myrick for
his share, when the foregoing facts were
brought out on trial, but as their part-
nership could not be proven, and as
there was no evidence that Myrick got
any money from the cave, Mr. Young
lost his ease. But that Myrick sudden-
ly became immensely rich was an unde-
niable fact, and there the matter rested.
Still, every one believes, after throwing
Mr. Young off the track by setting a
distant day of meeting, Myrick returned
New Haven, Coun., Jan. 14.—A horri-
ble story comes from Wallingford. The re-
port says that a colored woman living near
1'onfl liill, wishing to call her husband,
closed her baliy up in the oven to keep it
warm, the fire being nearly out. While
she was away her husband came home and
built a hot. fire. The woman noticed smoke
comjng from the chimney and hurried home,
but arrived too late, as the child was liter-
elly roasted.
Jefferson, January 15.—An aged col-
ored man named Dick Walker, who is
well known in this vicinity, wm found
in a vmailt house froze to death a few
nights ago. Walker went ont in the
first company that went to the war f r<>mg
this section, and did good service
the Confederates, but after the war be-
came a violent Republican, and was a
recognized leader of the ultra wing of
bis party. He claimed and obtained a
land certificate for 1280 acres of land,
under an act passed by the Texas Leg-
islature granting lands to tho?e Texaus
who became disablrd while in the serv-
ice of the Confederate States. This
and one other are the only instance?
where slaves received the benefit of this
act. The deceased had been a pauper
for many years.
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